[gui-talk] NVDA and Web Browsers

Steve Jacobson steve.jacobson at visi.com
Mon Jun 1 21:34:55 UTC 2015


Louis,

Wow, what a bummer.  Please share more details if you get them.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Mon, 1 Jun 2015 14:19:30 -0500, Louis Maher wrote:

>Hi Steve,

>It now appears that something in a recent Microsoft 8.1 update kills NVDA
>for all browsers.  

>Regards
>Louis Maher
>Phone 713-444-7838
>E-mail ljmaher at swbell.net

>-----Original Message-----
>From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve
>Jacobson via gui-talk
>Sent: Monday, June 1, 2015 1:42 PM
>To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
>Cc: Steve Jacobson
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] NVDA and Web Browsers

>Are you sure you are not starting out in an edit box?  Try pressing the NVDA
>key with Space.  It is like JAWS or Window-Eyes in that if it is on a field
>that must be interacted with outside of browse mode or the virtual cursor,
>it turns that function off.

>Best regards,

>Steve Jacobson



>On Mon, 1 Jun 2015 13:09:00 -0500, Louis Maher via gui-talk wrote:

>>Folks,

>>I have been experimenting with NVDA (non-visual desktop access).  A day 
>>or so ago, when I try to read a web page using Internet Explorer or 
>>Firefox, I hear the browser announced, then I cannot move the cursor 
>>through the browser.  Any thoughts?  I am using Windows 8.1, Internet 
>>Explorer 11, and the latest Firefox.


>>Is there an NVDA discussion group?

>>Thanks.


>>Regards
>>Louis Maher
>>Phone 713-444-7838
>>E-mail ljmaher at swbell.net



>>_______________________________________________
>>gui-talk mailing list
>>gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
>>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>gui-talk:
>>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/steve.jacobson%40
>>visi.com





>_______________________________________________
>gui-talk mailing list
>gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>gui-talk:
>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/ljmaher%40swbell.net









More information about the GUI-Talk mailing list